William Henry Ogilvie

“ They’ve hunted them from gate to gate—the drover has no friends;
But idly they may ride to-day beneath the scorching sun
And let the hungry bullocks try the grass on Wonga run;
No overseer dogs them here to “see the cattle through,”
But they may spread their thousand head —for we’ve been droving too!
Store cattle from Nelanjie! They’ve a naked track to steer,
The stockyards at Wodonga are a long way down from here ”

“ What’s ours to fare, by God they’ll share! for we’ve been droving too!
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